James Murphy - Touching the Earth
(Convergence 1996)
/Progressive Metal/
[Portsmouth, Virginia, USA]

The Musicians:

James Murphy - guitars
Deen Castronovo - [bad word] Brad Russel - bass
Chuck Billy - vocals
Matt Guillory - keyboards
Michelle Rae Dean - additional vocals

Touching the Earth

This life, and all the things I'd known
Turned away, and left behind
The [bad word] was buried long ago
Memories fade in passing time

For years, I felt my solitude
Never seemed to leave my side
My way was lost forever then
All my dreams were cast aside

I turn away but the vision of [bad word] stains my eyes
I try [bad word] but the image cuts through my disguise

Beneath the emptiness, reveals my bitterness
I cannot soon forget, this dream is not over yet
In the land of my birth, I am still touching the earth

The fears that kept me far away
Slowly die and draw me near
The past I sought to bury [bad word] again to fill my need

I cast away all the stones that carried me down
I will return to the life that my past tried to drown

Beneath the emptiness, reveals my bitterness
I cannot soon forget, this dream is not over yet
In the land of my birth, I am still touching the earth